The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-18
IIoTEL os PINE.
Exciting Scenes Ht ia. Saratoga I"r"-
pran aud Windsor Hotels.

Cuic,Go, H., Nov l1.-Oycr one hun
drcd guests, occupying the six iloon Of the
Sautng, European hotel, on Dearborn
siorct. vcv aroused from their beds shortly
before o'clock this morning 10y the ring.
ing Of the electric iirc alarm IN Ihcir rooms
smoke was pouring through the halls und
creeping IN ut the irnsoms Cries of
"Rrs" we've heard on every lnRding and
an indc-crihablc panic cnsucd. Few
stopped tu secure their clothing or ,alu-
nblrs. Women and men fed through thc
halls. down tho stairway and oul into To
street clad in their night clothes. III"
rlntterine II the iiW engines aroused tli"
occupant. " several hotels IN the ncighbur-
hood. and the excitement became Intense.
one man. Harry Hammond, the day clerk
ui the hotel, Descended irrm the sixth
story hy the fin escape. The Other in
mnt,-- tumblcd over each other down the
stair, IN their hurry 10 escape.
The nrr had started IN the tiirlrn ~ the
Saratoga restaurant, ou The iirt iluur, aud
rpilly sprnd through the building, ~
rruding a. the top ut thv rear 10y means ui
the ycniilniur The night clerk ol the
hotel Thomas Mrfaddcn. saw the smoke
and ran niu the hall aud gave the alarm.
lie then ring the electric alarm bells. The
clerk nl the Windsor hotel hcarl the cries
uf nrr aud arni in ln alarm. shortly after
tho arrival 0i the tint company % second
alarm wns sent IN. The flames we're then
hiph nbn,r the rum ui the seventh story
and threatening the journal building IT,
thc south aud lie Windsor huiclncroa- The
alloy Ia the north. Hall an hours hard
work suhlurd the fir sufficiently Ia allow
| Two trnrl, companies a. hoist their ladders
nud make Il fonrhOi tlc rooms. II wasn't
| Gr,t believed that some ui the guests had
been caught Ia the fire, but none wcro
found.
About 2l5 o'clock, after several 81
the engines hal been dismissed, the fire
/ broke out nin.si on the top floor, and in q
short while the entire seventh story WIS
abllzc. with q strong brcc1o tanning II la
| thc dircriion oi tic Journal building Ia the
/ south. The rur, if0m tho lower lour
/ io The roof. was nl-n ablalc, the shaft
| formerly used as q ir,ight elevator acting
/ no a nuo. The fire, however, wm confined
| to these places. aud but for Tho strong
wind could hayc.bccn easily fought The
| building was flooded with water, aud from
/ this and smoke most VI the damage will
accrue
At3o'clork the hrc was entirely under
/ control. The Windsor hotel, iusl across
| the alley. was crowded with number ol
excited mrn and women In oil stages oi
dishabillc. IN their haste 10 get out Of the
burning Saratoga many oi them had put
ON but one Shoe, while others were bare.
! footed. M oycrOat or cloak over the
nigli clothes was the scnniy costume that
cnyclOpcd mosi ~ the guests. Tho lOdgrr
In the Windsor Ncrc awakened by the
noise II the engines and NJ lint there was
quite scare, bat The excitement subsidized
when il we learned that there was no i'm
mediate danger. and the people yet about
assisting the scanlily clad lodgcn u tho
burning hotel. The Windsor was over.
crowded lat night. and there Was, there.
fore, no room ior the burned out ones, but
they wor made ~ comfortable a-r'ircum.
stances would permit Many Of them loil
for other hotels with what effects they had
| saved.
Those of the guests who had not taken
refuge In the Windsor hotel sought hall
ways In the buildings surrounding IN
which 10 Ion their clothing, In tho en-